When Snuffleupaguss came out
08.10.2010
In: general, television
If you told someone you saw a large woolly mammoth-type creature walking down the street with a giant yellow bird a few years back, someone may have thought you had clearly been doing the herbal. A magazine article in 1985 and growing concerns about children having to keep secrets about ‘not so child-like’ incidents that occur sometimes prompted the folks at the Childrens Television Workshop to come up with a solution that helped children feel more comfortable sharing.
Rather than ‘snuff’ Snuffy, the show’s creators decided to have Snuffy come out from behind the preverbal curtain and reveal himself to adults and children alike so everyone could openly share their experiences with strange creatures. Not unlike the experiences we as adults have on late night trips to Walmart with strange creatures of a different sort.
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